The Temple (film)

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The Temple
French Le Temple
Directed byAlain Fournier
Written byAlain Fournier
Based on"The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft
Produced bySébastien Bergeron
Alain Fournier
StarringOlivier Barrette
Jean-François Beaupré
CinematographyGabriel Tremblay-Beauvais
Edited byAlain Fournier
Fred Schmidt
Music byPatrick Lavoie
Production
companies
Dock Films
Folks Films
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)(Sitges)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French
German

The Temple is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Alain Fournier and released in 2022. [1] Based on the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Temple", the film centres on the crew of a German U-boat, who witness strange phenomena before an explosion in the engine room, and descend into madness as the vessel sinks to the bottom of the ocean. [2]

The film premiered in October 2022 at the Sitges Film Festival. [1] It had its Canadian premiere later the same month at the 2022 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, [1] where it was the winner of the Prix Crave for best short film by a director from Quebec. [3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [4]

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